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(US) Vegan Mom Testifies

Silva Swinton testified Monday that inaccurate medical records are being used in the felony assault case against her and her husband, both of whom are accused

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, Mar 31, 2003

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Silva Swinton testified Monday that inaccurate medical records are being
used in the felony assault case against her and her husband, both of whom
are accused of not properly feeding their daughter.

"This entire report does not accurately reflect what I told those people,"
Swinton said of the medical staff at two hospitals during her
cross-examination in State Supreme Court in Kew Gardens.

Doctors have told a jury that Joseph and Silva Swinton, both vegans, left
their daughter, Ice, at grave risk of death by not seeking pediatric care
and feeding her a protein- and calcium-lacking diet before authorities
seized her from their Queens Village home on Nov. 16, 2001.